| G | Cadd9 | D | G | |
| My heart i | s telling | me, I love you | still |
| Verses: |
| G | D/F# | Em | |
| I can see | the turning of the | key |
| C | C/B | D | |
| I've been | deceived b | y the clown inside of | me |
| Bm | Bm7 | C | |
| I | thought that he wa | s righteous but he's v | ain |
| G | Cadd9 | D | G | |
| Somethi | ng's telling me, | I wear the ball and cha | in |
| (same chords throughout) |
| G | D/F# | Em | |
| My patron s | aint is a-fighting with | a ghost |
| C | C/B | D | |
| He's alwa | ys off some | where when I need him | most |
| Bm | Bm7 | C | |
| The Spanish moon is | rising on the hill |
| G | Cadd9 | D | G | |
| But som | ething's telling | me, I love you still |
| G | D/F# | Em | |
| I come back t | o the town from th | e flaming ruins |
| C | C/B | D | |
| But when | I see you i | n the street I begin t | o swoon |
| Bm | Bm7 | C | |
| I love to see you d | ress before the mirror |
| G | Cadd9 | D | G | |
| Won't y | ou let me in you | r room one time, before | I finally disappear |
| G | D/F# | Em | |
| Everybody' | s wearing a disgui | se |
| C | C/B | D | |
| To hide w | hat they've | got left behind their | eyes |
| Bm | Bm7 | C | |
| But me I can't cove | r what I am |
| G | Cadd9 | D | G | |
| Whereve | r their children | go, I'll follow them |
| G | D/F# | Em | |
| I'm marchi | ng the parade of l | iberty |
| C | C/B | D | |
| But a | s long as I | love you I'm not free |
| Bm | Bm7 | C | |
| How long must I suf | fer such abuse |
| G | Cadd9 | D | G | |
| Won't y | ou let me see yo | u smile, before I turn y | ou loose |
| G | D/F# | Em | |
| I've given | up the game I've | got to leave |
| C | C/B | D | |
| The | pot of gold i | s only make believe |
| Bm | Bm7 | C | |
| The treasure can't | be found by men who se | arch |
| G | Cadd9 | D | G | |
| Who's g | ods are dead and | whose queens are in the | church |
| G | D/F# | Em | |
| We sat in | an empty theater a | nd we kissed |
| C | C/B | D | |
| I asked y | ou please t | o cross me off your li | st |
| Bm | Bm7 | C | |
| My head tells me it | 's time to make a chan | ge |
| G | Cadd9 | D | G | |
| But my | heart is telling | me, I love you but you' | re strange |
| (Harmonica solo, same chords) |
| G | D/F# | Em | |
| So one mor | e time at midnight | near the wall |
| C | C/B | D | |
| Take o | ff your hea | vy makeup and your sha | wl |
| Bm | Bm7 | C | |
| Won't you descend f | rom the throne from wh | ence you sit |
| G | Cadd9 | D | G | |
| And let | me feel your lo | ve one more time, before | I finally abandon it |